The Waltons live their life in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.
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- Seasons
- 9
- Episodes aired
- 210
- Latest aired
- S09E22
- Total runtime
- 7d 15h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 September 1972 – April 1973 24 episodes
- Season 2 September 1973 – March 1974 24 episodes
- Season 3 September 1974 – March 1975 24 episodes
- Season 4 September 1975 – March 1976 24 episodes
- Season 5 September 1976 – March 1977 24 episodes
- Season 6 September 1977 – March 1978 22 episodes
- Season 7 September 1978 – March 1979 23 episodes
- Season 8 September 1979 – March 1980 23 episodes
- Season 9 November 1980 – June 1981 22 episodes
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S02E01 The Journey
September 13 · 50min find the promo
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Maggie McKenzie would like to see the ocean once more. John-Boy takes her but must miss an important dance. Grandpa helps the children save an injured bird. Earl Hamner makes his only appearance in the series as Maggie's husband. The director of this episode, Harry Harris, who would eventually direct almost 50 episodes, was nominated for an Emmy award.
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S02E02 The Odyssey
September 20 · 50min find the promo
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John-Boy heads for a mountain retreat and finds an old school mate who is expecting.The baby arrives with John-Boy's help. The mule, Blue makes his first appearance in this episode.
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S02E03 The Separation
September 27 · 50min find the promo
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The family struggles with financial crisis and the electricity is turned off. Grandpa sets out to raise some money but tells no one about his plans. Grandma becomes angry and Grandpa moves out. The bill is paid and the angry grandparents make-up at a barn dance.
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S02E04 The Theft
October 4 · 50min find the promo
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A wealthy widow, Mrs Clayborne, accuses John Walton of stealing antiques while working in her mansion. John needed new tires and he hocks his wedding ring to buy them. He refuses to tell anyone where the money came from. The mystery is finally solved when the Clayborne son admits to selling the goblets to raise money for his family.
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S02E05 The Roots
October 11 · 50min find the promo
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Harley Foster and his son Jodie are introduced to the series. Harley roams the countryside doing odd jobs. Jodie has had no formal education. Verdie Grant takes a strong liking to Harley and eventually persuades him to stay on Walton's Mountain.
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S02E06 The Chicken Thief
October 18 · 50min find the promo
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John-Boy accidentally sees a family friend, Yancy Tucker, stealing chickens and must decide whether to turn him in to the sheriff. Yancy has been helping poor friends but is arrested and charged with shooting the chicken's owner. All is resolved when the owner admits to falling and shooting himself.
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S02E07 The Prize
October 25 · 50min find the promo
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The Country Fair has come to Walton's Mountain. Grandma has entered a quilt in the competition. Ben sells a pig for the greased pig contest and Olivia's old suitor, now politician, visits the fair.
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S02E08 The Braggart
November 1 · 50min find the promo
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Hobart Shank a teen-age orphan returns to the Walton home while John attempts to get him a contract as a professional baseball pitcher. He breaks his arm after falling out of the tree house losing his chance at fame.
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S02E09 The Fawn
November 8 · 50min find the promo
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John-Boy secures a position of rent collector for a hated landlord while Erin, who is disappointed by her knight in shining armor, nurses an orphaned fawn back to health.
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S02E10 The Thanksgiving Story
November 15 · 99min find the promo
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John-Boy anticipates a visit from his girlfriend and is pending a college scholarship exam. He has an accident in the sawmill and his vision is blurred. He is unable to finish his test and eventually must undergo surgery.
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S02E11 The Substitute
November 22 · 50min find the promo
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An inexperienced but brilliant young sub teacher wreaks havoc in the Walton's Mountain School. Because of her insecurity, she refuses advice from anyone until Olivia steps in.
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S02E12 The Bequest
November 29 · 50min find the promo
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Grandma finds out she has inherited $250 and decides to share her wealth. Mary Ellen experiments with being a blond and uses Jim-Bob as a test case.
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S02E13 The Air Mail Man
December 13 · 50min find the promo
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An air mail pilot, due to engine trouble, lands his plane in the Walton's meadow. With the help of John, the plane is repaired and Olivia receives a surprise birthday gift, a plane ride!
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S02E14 The Triangle
December 20 · 50min find the promo
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John-Boy experiences a heart ache because Miss Hunter, his teacher, starts dating Reverend Fordwick.
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S02E15 The Awakening
January 3 · 50min find the promo
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Grandma's 68th birthday is here and the 2 faces of age are keenly felt by her as Grandma is confronted by old age. Mary Ellen, now 14 years old, poses an impossible barrier between her and a college student who lays claim to her heart.
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S02E16 The Honeymoon
January 10 · 50min find the promo
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Olivia and John go on a late honeymoon at Virginia Beach while John-Boy & Marcia Woolery try to come to an understanding in their relationship.
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S02E17 The Heritage
January 17 · 50min find the promo
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An investor talks John into selling the mountain as a tour center. John thinks it over but realizes what the home means to the rest of his family and turns the ofter down.
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S02E18 The Gift
January 24 · 50min find the promo
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Jason learns one of life's hardest lessons: the death of a close friend. Seth Turner learns he has only one year to live because he has a fatal disease.
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S02E19 The Cradle
January 31 · 50min find the promo
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Olivia finds out she is pregnant and the children set out to make her and the baby a variety of presents. Elizabeth is jealous because she thinks because she is the youngest that her Mom will not love her the same way or will never have any more time for her. In the end Olivia loses the baby
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S02E20 The Fulfillment
February 7 · 50min find the promo
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The Waltons bring home an 8 year boy named Stevie who is an orphan so he can experience a family setting. Stevie meets Curtis Norton a blacksmith and an immediate bond occurs. Curtis and his wife take in the boy.
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S02E21 The Ghost Story
February 14 · 50min find the promo
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The Children get a Ouija board from Ike. Olivia and Grandma have misgivings about the children playing with it and speaking to it's spirits.
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S02E22 The Graduation
February 21 · 50min find the promo
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John-Boy gets ready to graduate from high school in a new suit. When the cow dies John-Boy returns the suit and gets his money back and uses the money to buy another cow. John-Boy graduates in Grandpa's old suit.
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S02E23 The Five Foot Shelf
March 7 · 50min find the promo
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A traveling salesman named George Reed talks Olivia into buying a 5 foot collection of books called The Harvard Classics. George uses the down payment to buy his daughter a doll.
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S02E24 The Car
March 14 · 50min find the promo
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When John-Boy starts college and needs a car to travel to and from college, he makes a deal with Hyder Rudge. John-Boy works at the Rudge home for the car. Hyder hides the auto and refuses to sell to John-Boy because the car belong to Hyder's dead son.